Quotes of Spice - somelinesforyou

“ A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed — Now if you're ready, Oysters, dear, We can begin to feed! ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping. ”

- Gaylord Perry

“ Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go. ”

- Erma Bombeck

“ Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick. ”

- George Leonard

“ And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon. ”

- John Keats

“ An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring… I ought to know. ”

- Bette Davis

“ Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. ”

- Alice May Brock

“ Most of the food allergies die under garlic and onion. ”

- Martin H. Fischer

“ Nose, nose, jolly red nose, / And who gave thee this jolly red nose?... / Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves, / And they gave me this jolly red nose. ”

- Francis Beaumont

“ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? ”

- Bible

“ Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Garlic is as good as ten mothers. ”

- Unknown

“ I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ I don't want to be a Spice Girl! ”

- Angel Carter

“ Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor. ”

- William Cowper

“ The world loves a spice of wickedness. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ Lovers may be — and indeed generally are — enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations. ”

- Lord Byron

“ If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. ”

- Johnny Carson

“ Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. ”

- Walter Benjamin

“ A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval. ”

- Helen Rowland

“ But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin pie! ”

- Margaret Junkin Preston

“ Variety is the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor. ”

- William Cowper

“ The plural of spouse is spice. ”

- Christopher Morley

“ Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy. ”

- Phyllis McGinley

“ Oregano is the spice of life. ”

- Henry J. Tillman

“ I would dearly love to hook-up with Mel C again. We've spoken about it and she's really keen on the idea too. The Spice Girls were massive in America, but it would be nice for Mel to have a hit of her own there. Maybe this will be the one. ”

- Lisa Lopes

“ There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind… ”

- Jan Ashford

“ Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unappetizing meat. ”

- William Makepeace Thackeray

“ Onions make me sad, a lot of people don't realize that. When I'm cutting onions, I'm sad. Because the plight of onions, it's sad. But people don't realize I'm actually crying - they think I'm just reacting. ”

- Mitch Hedberg
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